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Where does “paramountly” come from?

paramountly (English) comes from English paramount, from Anglo-Norman paramont, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

paramountly (English): In a paramount manner

Definitions

  1. In a paramount manner

Ancestry of “paramountly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparamountSupreme; highest; chief; Of the highest...
2Anglo-Normanparamont—
3Old Frenchparby; via; because of; due to; by
4Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—
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